Job 22:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־לֹ֣א נִכְחַ֣ד קִימָ֑נוּ וְ֝יִתְרָ֗ם אָ֣כְלָה אֵֽשׁ׃

Transliteration

ʾim-lōʾ nikhḥad qîmānû wə-yitrām ʾākhlâ ʾēš

Grammar Details

*ʾim-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - if not/surely
*nikhḥad*: Niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - is cut off
*qîmānû*: noun, masculine singular construct + 1st common plural suffix - our adversary
*wə-yitrām*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and their remnant
*ʾākhlâ*: Qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - consumes
*ʾēš*: noun, feminine singular - fire

Word Meanings

*nikhḥad*: to be cut off/destroyed/effaced
*qîmānû*: our adversary/opponent/enemy
*yitrām*: their remnant/what remains of them
*ʾākhlâ*: to eat/consume/devour
*ʾēš*: fire

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Referenced Verses

Job 1:16 : 16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
2 Pet 2:6-7 : 6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; 7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
Gen 19:24 : 24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
Job 4:7 : 7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Job 8:3-4 : 3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? 4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
Job 15:5-6 : 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Job 15:30 : 30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Job 20:18-19 : 18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. 19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Job 20:26 : 26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
Job 21:27-28 : 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. 28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
Luke 13:1-5 : 1 {G1161} There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Luke 17:29-30 : 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

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